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Any offensive production Cruz adds would be negated by his poor defensive abilities, especially when the defensively superb David Lough could be in left field. If it were up to me, Cruz wouldn't even be considered an outfielder. He came here to hit, and that's what he'll do. Baltimore has plenty of outfield depth; Cruz doesn't have to play an inning in the field. Stay healthy, stay clean, burn your glove, and do what you do best, Cruz. Play 150 games, put up an .800 OPS, and a 2.0 WAR/fWAR. With Cruz in and Colvin out(although he was never in), I now see the outfield depth chart as;

I see David Lough, Adam Jones, and Nick Markakis as the starting OF, with Nolan Reimold as the fourth OFer IF he's healthy and productive. Steve Pearce would be next in line if Reimolds falters. IMO Julio Borbon, Xavier Paul, and Francisco Peguero are long shots to make the team unless they have monster springs and/or both Reimold and Pearce tank or are injured.

With the Cruz signing it looks like Delmon Young is the odd man out. I hope he has a good spring so we can trade him for some International pool money.